Michael, That's a nicely designed site! I've entered my primordial network in your database.
Knocking on doors is exactly what I plan to do after I get a handle on the equipment needs. Actually, I'll just flyer everybody that I think is in range looking for technically competent people interested in taking part. -john. On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Michael Hsueh wrote: > I had the same idea, but I didn't know my neighbors and lack the guts to > knock on their doors. I put up this site www.cityshare.net for people > like you trying to setup a neighborhood LAN. www.FreeNetworks.org put > it on their frontpage! > > You can register your address in there. If you don't feel comfortable > giving your address then give an approximate address. For example if > you live at 105 Main, put 103 Main instead. > > Check it out > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John D. Blair > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [BAWUG] starting a community LAN > > Howdy, > > I just subscribed to this list last week. I plan to attend the Dec 5 > meeting so I can meet some of y'all in person. > > I've been kicking around the idea in my head of starting a co-op > structured neighborhood LAN in my east-bay neighborhood (the Richmond > Annex). I've got a small thing going now, where one neighbor uses my > Airport access point and the other is just wired into my LAN with CAT-5. > > I'd like it to be bigger... the idea of cheap net access for my entire > block gets me really excited, especially since its something concrete I > can give back to my community using my best skills. > > However, while I'm an expert at TCP/IP networking, I'm an RF novice, and > I > suspect I have a lot to learn. > > Are there some useful resources people on this list can point me > towards? > I've found a surprising lack of HOWTOs and such during my (admittadly > brief) google searches. > > I'm specifically interested in these questions: > > - what's the best hardware to use for access points? > - how can I plan how many repeaters I need based on the topography? > I'm near the crest of a hill and am willing to erect a mast to get the > antenna up higher. > - are there organizational structures alread designed for this? > (note, I'm not thinking net topology, I'm thinking people-structure. > how do I collect money to pay for the bandwidth and upkeep? > what are optimal membership structures? what can I reasonably expect > to delegate to others early on?) > - how much of my own time should I budget to get this thing going? > > I realize many of these questions will have answers unique to my > situation, but I figured pinging this list should help me get to the > answers faster. > > best regards, > -john. > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
